Child care movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant child care movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, feel good, touching, humorous, emotional and captivating films and TV shows about / with child care, family relations, adoption, children, parents and children, youth, teenager, family, orphan and foster child plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres shot in USA, Canada, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as child care: Ties That Bind (2015), Buddy Daddies (2023), The Unloved (2009), Wild Card (2003), Mother (2010), Daddy Day Care (2003), Instructions Not Included (2013), Jack (2014), Tucker (2000), Kevin Hill (2004).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Allison McLean is a tough and experienced police detective, mother and wife in suburban Seattle. When she and her police partner must arrest her brother for aggravated assault, her world drastically changes as he's convicted and sent to prison, ...
Style:
detective, captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
female detective, police detective, moral dilemma, investigation, child care, foster child, motherhood, strong female lead, family drama, social problems, child custody, brother sister relationship ...
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
When two hit men take out a dangerous mobster, the last thing they expect is for him to have a four-year-old daughter - now an orphan. But when they decide to take custody of the child, their life turns upside down! Between a mission here and a ...
Style:
anime, satirical, captivating, semi serious, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
child care, satire, agent, assassin, fight, child, problem, mercenary, hitman, target, hired killer, buddy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Unloved is film that gives a child's eye view of the U.K.'s government-run care system for orphans and children in danger. Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
child care, foster child, social worker, abandonment, orphanage, isolation, life is a bitch, hopes, abusive father, youth, estranged mother, abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, emotional, realistic
Plot:
family relations, investigation, career change, child care, workplace situations, parents and children, workplace romance, workplace, partner, occupation, women, insurance fraud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois, chicago
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Mother is a Japanese television drama that aired on Nippon TV between 14 April and 23 June 2010, starring Matsuyuki Yasuko.
Style:
suspense, emotional, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
motherhood, child abuse, journey, kidnapping, bad mother, adoption, parents and children, custody, family relations, family problems, child custody, domestic violence ...
Place:
tokyo, hokkaido
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
children, mischievous children, unemployment, nothing goes right, farce, fish out of water, kindergarten, goofy hero, friends, workplace situations, disorder, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north america, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, inspirational, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, parenting, life philosophy, single father, beach, single parent, family drama, life & death, parenthood, child care, absent mother, character change ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Although he is only ten years old, Jack is responsible for himself and his little brother Manuel and this fills him with pride. Their single mother works during the day and often goes out at night. There’s no father in sight. One day, Manuel burns ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
boy, young heroes, teenage life, youth, self discovery, brother brother relationship, child as adult, child care, coming of age, family relations, life turned upside down, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Tucker is a television family comedy series that aired on NBC from October 2, 2000 to March 27, 2001.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, family comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, kids
Plot:
teenage life, child care, youth, sister sister relationship, crush, mother son relationship, everyday life, coming of age, optimism, light comedy, friendship, teen romance ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season. It was filmed and produced in Toronto, Canada.
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
law firm, dating, womanizer, custody, child care, fish out of water, single parent, baby, couples, lifestyle, babies and infants, legal ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, India, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Bailey is living the good life on the farm of Ethan and Hannah. As Bailey’s soul prepares to leave this life for a new one, he promises Ethan to find CJ and protect her at any cost.
Style:
emotional, sweet, sincere, touching, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, adult
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, reincarnation, animal life, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grownups, child care, animal, mother daughter relationship, pet dog, family relations, couples ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When her niece is cast in The Philadelphia Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker, a jaded ex-ballerina is forced to come to terms with the life and love she left behind.
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, humorous, romantic
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, ballet, aunt niece relationship, ballerina, child care, betrayal, forgiveness, male female relationship, winter, christmas romance, second chance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
african american, orphan, interracial adoption, brother brother relationship, black, adoption, odd couple, family life, siblings relations, parents and children, child care, mischievous children ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Melissa & Joey is an ABC Family original television series starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence that premiered on ABC Family on August 17, 2010. The series follows local politician Mel Burke and Joe Longo, whom Mel hires to look after ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
couples, nanny, family relations, politician, parents and children, adolescence, custody, child care, family life, fish out of water, job seeking, bankruptcy ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jacques Arnault, head of Sud Secours NGO, is planning a high impact operation: he and his team are going to exfiltrate 300 orphan victims of the Chadian civil war and bring them to French adoption applicants. Françoise Dubois, a journalist, is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, sincere, social
Plot:
children, rescue, child in peril, orphan, danger, journalism, life is a bitch, wartime life, child care, humanitarian, adoption, camp ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
africa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot:
adoption, child care, youth, foster child, stage actress, village life, family relations, kids in trouble, paparazzi, countryside, society, actor's life ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Set at the end of the Civil War, widowed mother of 3 Belle Gatlin Barlowe faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any means necessary. When the corrupt bank that runs their town pushes Belle into becoming an outlaw, the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, dark ...
Plot:
american civil war, family in danger, danger, parents and children, woman in danger, protective parent, child care, single mother, female protagonist, kids in trouble, determination, civil war ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
After his father’s death, Ichiro is left to care for his siblings alone. They’re barely scraping by with only a small inheritance and his job as a manga artist, which isn’t going so great. That is until a talented and beautiful assistant is ...
Style:
anime, romantic comedy, humorous, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
alien, slice of life, child care, alien on earth, painter, planet, galaxy, assistant, technology, personal assistant, space and aliens, alien creature ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, father son relationship, orphan, childhood trauma, imagination, writers, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, children, single father ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, childhood, nazi, adoption, nazi germany, war, human spirit, against humanity, death, youth, nazism ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, ancient times, year 1941, 2010s ...
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly ...
Style:
touching, romantic, rom com, entertaining, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
adoption, baby, love story, initially antagonists, unlikely couple, parenthood, love and romance, opposites attract, enemies to lovers, godparent, romantic friendship, love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, hawaii, new jersey, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks ...
Style:
sincere, talky, sad, captivating, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
adoption, teenage pregnancy, women, female pubic hair, lawyer, pregnancy, female nudity, hopes, bare breasts, extramarital affair, teenage mother, promiscuous woman ...
Time:
year 2009, year 1973, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
adoption, imaginary, children, orphan, super villain, friendship, minion, escapades, kids and family, adoptive father, mad scientist, lifestyle change ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
usa, north korea, egypt
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, inspirational, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, family friendly, date night, kids
Plot:
adoption, poverty, loneliness, courage, survival, childhood, mother son reunion, foster child, foster home, train, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, year 2016, year 2012, year 2010 ...
Place:
india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Style:
depressing, sad, heartbreaking, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
sadness, family drama, loneliness, suicide attempt, depression, loss, death, uncle nephew relationship, dysfunctional family, guardian, nephew, grief ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
massachusetts, boston, nebraska, new england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Follows the story of the challenging relationship between Billie and her younger schizophrenic sister, Elizabeth Baby. After their mother dies, Billie takes responsibility by moving Baby in with her family, including her husband, their teenage son ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, captivating
Plot:
family life, single parent, babies and infants, estrangement, adoption, couples, moral dilemma, mental health, child care, illness, mental disorder, mind control ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Family business. Can little children train a grown-up? How much time do you need to put five kids to bed? Can you make a business out of your family?
Style:
light, entertaining, captivating, humorous, family comedy ...
Plot:
parents and children, children, family business, mischievous children, child care, parenthood, parenting, routine, household, daily life, siblings, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
This 1970s period dramedy inspired by the real life Kyle Richards and set amid the sexual revolution and the rise of second-wave feminism follows Bonnie, an unconventional mother struggling to raise her two daughters after leaving her husband. With ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, ironic, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
sexual revolution, single mother, housewife, crumbling marriage, changing lives, female empowerment, mother daughter relationship, independence, female friendship, child care, topical humor, personal growth ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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